Creator(s)

Published Date

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[c1899]

Specific Material Type

: music

Item Physical Description

: 8 p. ; 35 cm.

Notes

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Cover design by Starmer includes drawing of an African American woman standing at a wooden gate to a house.
Note 2.)
Descriptive subtitle on cover and below caption title: Coon plaint.
Note 3.)
Summary: Using stereotyped language of African Americans, the narrator, after being away, looks forward to again being with his girlfriend Sue.

Source

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American popular songs. / Sheet music, 1899

Location

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The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts / Music Division

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